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| 2025 | Planned publication of the first of three memoirs, 'Source Code'. |
| 2025 | Bill Gates revealed in a BBC interview that his total charitable donations had reached $100 billion, with $60 billion directed to the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. |
| 2025 | In Source Code, Gates wrote that he believed he was autistic. |
| 2025 | Consumer enrollment for Windows 10 Extended Security Updates begins, with pricing set at $30 per device for one year of additional support. |
| 2024 | Microsoft released Windows Server 2025, the server version of Windows 11. |
| 2024 | Microsoft dropped support for some Intel and AMD processors that were previously supported since Windows 11's initial release with the 2024 Update. |
| 2024 | Microsoft released Office 2024, which is compatible with and upgradable for Windows 11 users. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike president Michael Sentonas accepted the Pwnie Awards' Most Epic Fail award at DEF CON, recognizing the company's significant IT outage incident. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike attempted to provide $10 UberEats vouchers to employees helping with customer recovery, which was met with widespread criticism and technical issues when the voucher codes were flagged as suspicious. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike issued a Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA) takedown notice against a parody website named ClownStrike that emerged in response to the IT outages. |
| 2024 | CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz publicly apologized on NBC's Today show for the widespread IT outages, acknowledging the significant impact on customers, travelers, and businesses. |
| 2024 | Microsoft released Office 2024, which is compatible with and can be upgraded on Windows 10. |
| November 1 2024 | Windows Server IoT 2025 launched, offering Standard and Datacenter editions. |
| November 1 2024 | Windows Server 2022 was succeeded by Windows Server 2025 |
| October 2024 | Jennifer Katherine Gates gave birth to her second daughter. |
| October 2024 | Bill Gates donated $50 million to Future Forward USA Action, an organization supporting Kamala Harris's 2024 presidential campaign. |
| October 1 2024 | Windows 11 IoT 2024 Update released, with continued support until 2027. |
| August 8 2024 | Delta confirms in SEC filing that over 7,000 flights were cancelled, estimating total losses at $550 million and approximately 1.3 million passengers affected. |
| July 2024 | The Australian government activated the National Coordination Mechanism and held a national emergency meeting to address the global IT outage, with Prime Minister Anthony Albanese providing public assurances about critical infrastructure and emergency services. |
| July 2024 | The UK government's COBR emergency committee convened to discuss the CrowdStrike-related IT outage. |
| July 2024 | India's Minister of Information and Technology Ashwini Vaishnav confirmed government contact with Microsoft, and the national cybersecurity agency CERT-IN classified the incident as 'critical'. |
| July 31 2024 | Delta CEO Ed Bastian announces the disruption cost the airline $500 million and states Delta will sue CrowdStrike to recoup losses. |
| July 25 2024 | Delta returns to normal flight operations after cancelling more than 7,000 flights, with over 5,000 passenger complaints filed. |
| July 23 2024 | US President Joe Biden's administration invited CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz to appear before Congress to explain the outage and discuss prevention measures for future incidents. |
| July 23 2024 | US Department of Transportation launches a formal investigation into Delta's treatment of passengers. Secretary Buttigieg estimates over 500,000 passengers affected. |
| July 22 2024 | Delta cancels more than 1,200 flights. |
| July 21 2024 | Delta cancels more than 1,300 flights. CEO Ed Bastian apologizes to customers and reveals crew-tracking software issues. |
| July 20 2024 | Delta cancels more than 1,400 flights, continuing the disruption from the previous day. |
| July 19 2024 | A data-protection expert reported a potential breach of GDPR Article 32 regarding security of processing in relation to the CrowdStrike IT outages. |
| July 19 2024 | CrowdStrike distributed a faulty update to its Falcon Sensor security software, causing widespread system crashes on approximately 8.5 million Microsoft Windows computers globally. This event is considered the largest IT outage in history, with massive disruptions across multiple industries including airlines, banks, hospitals, stock markets, and emergency services. |
| July 19 2024 | Mercedes AMG PETRONAS F1 Team experienced technical issues during the Hungarian Grand Prix, requiring manual computer fixes for themselves and their engine customers McLaren, Aston Martin, and Williams. |
| July 19 2024 | At 09:45 UTC, CrowdStrike CEO George Kurtz confirmed the fix was deployed and clarified the issue was not a cyberattack. |
| July 19 2024 | At 07:15 UTC, Google officially confirmed CrowdStrike's update as the source of the widespread IT outages. |
| July 19 2024 | At 06:48 UTC, Google Compute Engine reported widespread system disruptions caused by the CrowdStrike configuration update. |
| July 19 2024 | A new template instance called Channel File 291 was released, which passed validation due to a bug in CrowdStrike's content verification software. The Falcon Sensor's kernel mode parsing caused a software crash when processing this file. |
| July 19 2024 | At 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software, causing Windows PCs and servers to enter bootloop or recovery mode. |
| July 19 2024 | Ground stops issued by United, Delta, and American Airlines, with approximately 1,500 flights cancelled in the United States by 10:30 a.m. Eastern time. |
| July 19 2024 | A global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike impacted numerous media, communications, sports, and technology organizations worldwide, affecting TV stations, broadcasting networks, sports events, and online services across multiple countries. |
| July 19 2024 | Delta experiences an operational meltdown, cancelling more than 1,200 flights, with thousands of passengers stranded at Hartsfield–Jackson Atlanta International Airport. |
| July 19 2024 | Olympic Games preparations in Paris were disrupted, with the outage affecting uniform delivery, accreditation processes, and requiring manual security checks at the press centre. |
| July 19 2024 | A data-protection expert reported a potential breach of GDPR Article 32 regarding security of processing in relation to the CrowdStrike IT outages. |
| July 19 2024 | At 06:48 UTC, Google Compute Engine reported widespread system disruptions caused by the CrowdStrike configuration update. |
| July 19 2024 | At 04:09 UTC, CrowdStrike distributed a faulty configuration update for its Falcon sensor software, causing Windows PCs and servers to enter bootloop or recovery mode. |
| June 2024 | Microsoft delayed the Recall feature following cybersecurity community concerns, with plans to add a preview version to the Microsoft Insider program to test enhanced security measures. |
| May 2024 | Riot Games' Vanguard anti-cheat system began enforcing Windows 11 hardware security requirements for League of Legends, requiring secure boot and TPM 2.0-compliant coprocessor to run the game. |
| May 22 2024 | Microsoft announced updated minimum system requirements for Windows 11 IoT Enterprise editions (version 24H2), significantly reducing hardware specifications and removing previous TPM and UEFI requirements. |
| May 20 2024 | Microsoft officially announced Recall, an AI feature that captures and allows searching through local snapshots of user activity, exclusively for 'Copilot+ PC' certified devices. |
| May 20 2024 | Microsoft announced 'Copilot+ PC', a new brand of Windows 11 devices designed to support enhanced artificial intelligence features. These PCs require an on-board AI accelerator, at least 256 GB of storage, and at least 16 GB of RAM, with the first wave running on Qualcomm Snapdragon X Elite system-on-chip. |
| April 2024 | Windows Insider version 24H2 builds introduced new CPU instruction dependencies, effectively raising the minimum processor compatibility to Bulldozer microarchitecture processors from AMD (2011) and first-generation Intel Core i processors (2008). This change dropped support for older processors like Intel Core 2 and AMD K10 CPUs. |
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